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420June 1972
$0.25

Adventure Comics #420

DC · June 1972 · on sale 1972-04-27

First appearance: Supergirl
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Identification plate

Series
Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series)
Issue
#420
Publication date
June 1972
Key date
1972-06-00
On-sale date
1972-04-27
Indicia publisher
National Periodical Publications Inc.
Price
$0.25
Pages
52
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Supergirl - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0And Death Shall Have No Dominioncover1pencils: Bob Oksner; inks: Bob Oksner; letters: Gaspar SaladinoKara Zor-El, Supergirl
1And Death Shall Have No Dominioncomic story10script: Raymond Marais, Len Wein; pencils: Tony DeZuniga; inks: Bob Oksner; letters: Milt SnapinnSupergirl First
2Animal-Man, Hero or Freak?comic story10script: Dave Wood; pencils: Jack Sparling; inks: Jack Sparling; letters: Stan StarkmanAnimal Man, Buddy Baker
3These Are the Star Mencomic story5script: Howard Purcell; pencils: Howard Purcell; inks: George Roussos; letters: Stan StarkmanCon Rikon
4-in-house column1script: E. Nelson Bridwell; pencils: John Severin, Frank Thorne; inks: John Severin, Frank Thorne
5The Monster from Krypton!comic story11.67script: Edmond Hamilton; pencils: Curt Swan; inks: George Klein; letters: Joe LettereseJor-El, Kara Zor-El, Clark Kent, Lois Lane, Lara, Jimmy Olsen, Supergirl, Superman, Perry White
6-letters page1script: E. Nelson Bridwell; pencils: Curt Swan

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Series context

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Sources

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